Why the Malfoys Are This Way and Sociology

[jrober4211]

No: HPFGUIDX 33526

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "david_p2002ca" <david_p at i...> wrote:
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> This does raise another question: can the magic community survive?  
> Is their gene pool diverse enough?
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> David P.

Oh how I wish I had not loaned my books out so I could qoute exactly 
from what book and who said it......but I think it was in CoS when 
Draco called Hermione a "mudblood" and Herminoe and Harry had no idea 
what Draco was referring to. The trio went to Hagrid's and was 
repeating to Hagrid what Draco said. Ron , I think , made the comment 
that all magical people had muggle blood at some point because the 
race nearly died out. I suppose in order to promote magical ability , 
without the fear of persecution, the wizards retreated from the world 
to prevent extinction. If the occurence of a birth of a magical child 
is that rare, it would stand to reason that by forming a magical 
community, they would be able to prevent this from happening, with an 
infusion of muggle blood occasionally. As for taking over the world, 
hiding Hogwarts and other communities would be alot easier to do than 
taking on the world muggle population at this point in time as 
quantity and size due seem to influence how effective spells are( ex- 
dragons and their armor, the giant spider in the tournament) , at 
least from what i gathered in reading the books. And I maybe wrong, 
but isn't this where Voldemort and Dumbledore differ? Isn't Voldemort 
out to rule not only the wizarding world but the muggle world too, as 
Voldemort resents having to hide from muggles, and from what I have 
seen , makes no effort to do so?

Jo Ellen